CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The University of Notre Dame men’s cross country team swept the ACC’s weekly awards. The Atlantic Coast Conference named Daelen Ackley as the men’s cross country Performer of the Week and Noah Bontrager as the men’s cross country Freshman of the Week on October 6.
Daelen Ackley finished first overall with a time of 22:54.7. He helped pace the Irish to their fifth straight Joe Piane team win. It was Ackley's second consecutive first-place individual title. Ackley (23:19.4) won the National Catholic Invite in mid-September. Ackley cut nearly 25 seconds off his first-place time this week at the Joe Piane on the same course.
Noah Bontrager continues to impress in just his second-ever collegiate race, placing 16th with a time of 23:37.0, just about 4 seconds behind his performance at the National Catholic Invite. His second-ever collegiate 8K.
It is the second ACC Performer of the Week honor of Ackley’s career. It’s the first weekly ACC honor of Bontrager’s career.